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Apr 24, 2024
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COMS 8320 - Rhetorical and Communicative Functions of Technology
This course examines the creation of meaning in verbal and graphic texts in speech, print, and electronic environments, with emphasis on the cultural significance of various communication technologies. In addition to discussions of theory, the course includes hands-on explorations of electronic examples (including radio, cell phones, games, and Internet applications), especially in contrast to print and speech, and consideration of social, economic, and technical dimensions of mediated culture.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Apply those theories to examples of various mechanical, and electronic media (from print to DVDs and the WWW), including a research project of your own choice and development.
- Describe the body of theory on the relation of communication technologies to meaning-making.
- Evaluate the utility and relevance of existing knowledge on meaning making in electronic environments, and express those judgments orally and in writing.
- Expand that body of knowledge in a direction relevant to your own professional or scholarly interests with a research paper suitable for delivery at an academic conference.
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